Skid.



G. W. LEVALLEY.

SKID.

APPLIOATION nL rmza, 9o9.-

984379. Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

INVENTOR WITNES 'directly upon the CHRISTOPHER W. LEVALLEY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SKID.

Bpecflcation oi Letters Patent.

Patentel Febu Mc, 1911.

Application filed &February 23, 1909. Serial No. 479,472.

To all 'whom 'lt may cancer n:

Be it known that I, CHRIBTOPHER W. L a- VALLEY, a citizen of the United States', residing at Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skids, of which the following is a specificaton.

This invention relates to skids or gravity conveyers such. as are employed in loading or transporti'g aekages and heavy articles; and it has for its ob ect to produce a skid or conveyer of novel Construction possessing features of strength and advantage that will be hereinafter pointcd out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ot a loading skid embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same taken on the line I-II of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a side View of a short section of a longitudinal member of the skid on a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3. i

I have in the drawings represented my 1nvention as applied to a short rollerconveyer constituting a loading skid and formed of two parallcl roller-supporting bars that are preferably united and adapted to be supportcd upon trestles or in any other convenient way. .Tt is evident, however, that the inven'tion is adaptcd for use in conveyers or freight .carriers which may be very considerabl y extended as to length and along which, usually by gravity, articles, such as boxes or cases of goods, are caused to travel. The longitudinal mcmbersof the conveyer are designated 2-2' and these are connected at suitable intcrvals by cross pieces which may be in the form of flat plates or bars 3, or angular bars 3'. Both forms are illustrated in Fig. 1 where the angular bars serve not only to unite the longitudinal members of the conveyer but also as stops which bear against the cross bars 4 of the trestles. The bars are of channel construction and each is formed of two parts an L-angle bar 5 and a fiat bar 6. The bar 5 constitutes the base and one side of the channel while the bar 6 forms the other side of the channel and is set opposite the upright member of the bar 5, its lower edge preferably resting base member of such bar near its outer edge, as indicated in Fig. 4. The bars 5 and G are perforated, as indicated at 7, to receive the reduced ends 8 of the roller-carrying studs 9.

In manufaeturing the supporting bars pist described the ends of the studs are first inserted into the apertures for-med in the sde member of the angle-bar 5 and the extended ends thereof upset or riveted, as indcated at 10. The rollers 11 are then placed upon the studs and the {lat bar (3 put in lace after which the other ends ot the stu s are riveted, as at 10', thus sceurely holding the parts of the supporting bar together and conning the rollers in place. Each spindle or stud may support one or more rollers, as may be found desirable. The channel bar may be of any depth or breadth required, thus making it possible to easily give to the skid or conveyer the desred strength and adapt it to support rollers of the size and type most dcsirable o' the particular use to which it may be put.

12, 12 indicate the trestles upon which the skid s supported. They are pre'l'erably adjustable as to height so that the inclination of the skid or conveyer nay be varied as desired, as well as the height at which the conveyer as a whole is supported.

The conveyer may be provided at one or both ends with steps which are convenicntly formcd by turning up the end of the lat side member G, as indicated at 13.

The skid illustrated in Fig. 1 is represented as being forned of two sections united by pivots 14: so that the shorter section 2' may be thrown back into the position indicated n dotted lines that it may be out of the way* when not in use and leave an open passage between the skid or conveyer and the platform, truck, or other object., from or to which the skid or conveyer may be delivering. To provide 't'or hingin or pivotally connecting the outer section ot" the skid the longitudinal bars thereot are provided at their inner ends with side plates 15 which are prefcrably ri'vctcd to the members 6 of the channel bars and extend beyond the ends thereof so as to ove'lap 'for a little the corres onding members of the main section 2 o the 'skid The pivots l t pass through the plates 15 and through one oboth the side members of the channel bars. In order to hold the outer swinging section extended in line with the main section, the abutting ends of the two sections are beveled, as indicated in Fig. 1, so that when the paris are in line with each other and in working position the end of the main section extends under and serves as a rest 'for the pivotcd llO section 2'. A further support for the latter can be afi'orded by the cross piece, 3 or 3', at. the end of the main section.

From the foregoing description it will he seen that a skid or roller conveyer when built according to my invention can be easily constructed from stock material, and that its size and strength can be varied to an almost' unlimited extent by proper selection of the material entering into its construction.

What I claim is 1. A roller conveyer having lon 'itudinal channel bars for supporting the rollers each formed of an L-shaped member which constitutes the bottom and one side of the channel, and a flat bar constituting the other side of the channel, these members being united by the studs on which the rollers are supported'.

2. A roller conveyer comprising longitudinal open channel bars each formed of an L-shaped member which constitutes the bottom and one side of a channel and a flat.

member which constitutes the other side of the channel, studs havin reduced ends which pass through the sad members and are upset at their ends thus serving to unite the members of the channels, and rollers loosel mounted on the studs. y

3. X loading skid com rsing a pair of parallel channel bars in w ich are mounted the rollers, and cross angle bars uniting the channel bars and arranged to form steps for resting against the supports upon which the skid may be placed to prevent longitudinal movement of the latter.

4.. A roller conveyer comprising longi tu dial channel bars n which the rolle-s are mounted, each bar having its side members separate from each other and united by the studs on which the 'ollers are supported, one of the said side members -being of flat bar Construction and extended beyond the end of the bar where it is bent at snbstantially right angles to constitute an end stop.

5. A loading skid eomprising longitndinal bars and cross formed of two sections pivotally united and adapted to be moved into line with each other o`r to be turned at an angle to each other, the longitudinal pieces of t e sections of the skid being arrangcd to come together end to end when the sections are moved into line with each other, side pieces Secured to the longitudinal bars of the outer swinging section extending beyond the inner ends thereot and arran ed to lie againstthe longitudinal bars o the stationary section, pivots unitin the said side pieces with the longitudinal ars of the stationary section, trestles upon which the skid rests, and means for holdng the said main section of the skid against longitudinal movement on the trestles. i CHRISTOPHER W. LEVALLEY.

Witnesses:

M. 0. Fr n, WM. C, SARGENT.

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